10-letter words containing k, u, o
- ruck-rover — a player playing a role midway between that of the rover and the ruckman
- shikibuton — futon.
- shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
- sketch out — describe briefly
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smoked out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smokehouse — a building or place in which meat, fish, etc., are cured with smoke.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- sourcebook — a book which contains sources of information on a particular subject
- squawk box — the speaker of a public-address system or an intercom system; loudspeaker.
- steakhouse — a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.
- stock cube — bouillon cube used for gravy, etc.
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent
- stockroute — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
- strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- stuccowork — moldings, decorative work, or a finish made of stucco.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- suck up to — to flatter for one's own profit; toady
- sunk costs — retrospective costs which have been incurred and cannot be recovered
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- take up on — If you take someone up on their offer or invitation, you accept it.
- talk about — expressing disgust or emphasis
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- talked out — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- trubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- truck crop — a vegetable crop raised on a truck farm.
- truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- trunk road — A trunk road is a major road that has been specially built for travelling long distances. A trunk road is not as wide or as fast as a motorway.
- trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
- tuck-point — to finish (masonry) with tuck pointing.
- tucker-box — a box used to store or carry food.
- turkey oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus cerris, of Eurasia, or Q. laevis and Q. incana, of the southern U.S., that grow on dry, sandy barrens.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turle knot — a special kind of knot for tying a leader, especially of gut, to an eyed hook or fly.
- unbeckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- unbespoken — not bespoken or arranged for
- under-work — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unforsaken — past participle of forsake.
- union jack — a jack consisting of the union of a national flag or ensign, as the U.S. jack, which has the white stars and blue field of the union of the U.S. national flag.
- unknowable — not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.
- unlockable — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.